diff --git a/Makefile.get b/Makefile.get
index af50ceb..7a9a536 100644
--- a/Makefile.get
+++ b/Makefile.get
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ $(DOWNLOAD_PATH):
 $(REPO_PATH):
 	@mkdir -p $@
 
-$(DOWNLOAD_TARGET_FILE): $(DOWNLOAD_PATH)
+$(DOWNLOAD_TARGET_FILE): | $(DOWNLOAD_PATH)
 	@if [ -z "$(URL)" ]; then \
 		echo "Error: URL not specified."; \
 		exit 1; \
diff --git a/kernel/linux/Makefile b/kernel/linux/Makefile
index 4dc430e..5f95e25 100644
--- a/kernel/linux/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/linux/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ set_initramfs:
 	sed -i '/^CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=/c CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE="$(INITRAMFS_TXT)"' $(BUILD)/.config
 
 .PHONY: install_defconfig
-install_defconfig:
+install_defconfig: | $(KERNEL_HOME)
 	@cp $(DEFCONFIG) $(KERNEL_HOME)/arch/$(ARCH)/configs/
 
 $(HOST_CONFIG):